Liquid-motor



(No Model.)

D. W. WEBSTER.

LIQUID MOTOR.

No. 339,240. Patented Apr. 6, 1886.

fig. 1.

NrrE TATES PATENT OFFICE.

DANIEL W'ALTER VEBSTER, OF GHEISTIANA, PENNSYLVANIA.

LIQUID-MOTOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.339,240, dated April 6,1886.

Application filed October 20, 1885.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, DANIEL TALTER \VEB- STER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Christiana, in the county of Lancaster and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in LiquidMotors; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invent-ion relates to water-motors and other liquid-motors which are provided with a rotary wheel or cylinder having peripheral buckets or compartments for receiving and discharging the liquid.

The said invention consists of a casing provided with partitions which have openings at their bottoms, and divide theinterior of said easing into a middle compartment and two lateral dripcompartments, in combination with a wheel and inlet and outlet pipes, sub stantially as hereinafter set forth.

I11 the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a vertical section from side to side of a Water-motor, embodying my invention, taken on aline at right angles to the shaft. Fig. 2 represents a vertical section of said motor, taken through the shaft on the axial line thereof, as indicated by x 00, Fig. l.

A designates the casing of the machine; B, the wheel having peripheral buckets I); G, the shaft of said wheel, journaled in the sides A A of said casing; D, the inlet-pipe communicating with a channel, A, in the side and upper part of said casing; and E, the outletpipe leading from the lower part of said casing.

Between the inner end of inlet-pipe D and the receiving end of channel A is a chamber, F, having in its wall two apertures, one at its side, the other at its bottom, the former being covered by a removable cap, G, and the latter aperture having theinletpipe Dscrewed into its wall. Cap G allows easy access to and withdrawal of a strainer or filter, H, which is arranged within said casing, across said lower aperture, and prevents solid matter from passing along the channel A with the water or other fluid which affords the motive power. The said channel is extended up along the side and to the upper part of easing A, be tween an outer and an inner wall thereof, and

Serial No. 180,396. (No model.)

discharges forward and downward into the buckets b, causing the wheel B to rotate, the water passing out from said buckets into the lower part of the casing A, whence it escapes through outlet-pipe E. The discharge of the water upon the wheel is regulated in force and volume by removable nozzles I I, of varying capacity, which are screwed into the inner wall of passage A at or near its delivery end. Through these the water is delivered in jets. They vary in capacity, and one or more than one may be used, as desired. The size of the jet or of each jet may be varied by sub stituting a larger nozzle for a smaller one, or vice versa. The wheel fits closely on its sides to the inside of the casing, both wheel and easing being ground for that purpose; consequently, packing is not needed.

On each side of the main chamber of the casing in which the wheel turns is a supplemental chamber, J. for receiving any water which may follow the shaft 0 through. Each of these supplemental drip-chambers is sepa rated from the main or central chamber by a thin plate or walLj, having an opening, j, at its bottom which allows the water dripping from said shaft to pass through to the outlet E.

To allow the easy removal and substitution of the nozzles I 1, an opening is formed in the exterior wall of the casing, just over them. This is covered by a detachable cap, K. This is of similar construct-ion to cap G, before mentioned, and each of these caps is provided with packing m. The inlet and outlet pipes are attached to the case A in any convenient manner, and oil-cups n are employed for lubricating the shaft 0.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The casing A, provided with partitionsj, which have openings at their bottoms and divide the interior of said easing into a middle compartment and two lateral dripcompartments, in combination with the wheel B and the inlet and outlet pipes, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof 'I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

DANIEL XVALTER WEBSTER.

Witnesses:

WM. WHITNEY, ALLAN A. HERB. 

